Approximation to the Consumption of Healthcare Resources and the Economic Cost of SARS-CoV-2 Patient Management: A Retrospective Study

Calderón-Moreno, Jesús ; Juárez-Vela, Raúl ; Delgado-Rodríguez, María Jesús ; Quintana-Díaz, Manuel ; Magallón-Botaya, Rosa (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Olivan-Blázquez, Bárbara (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Cobos-Rincón, Ana ; Santolalla-Arnedo, Iván ; Ramírez-Torres, Carmen Amaia ; Gea-Caballero, Vicente ; Andrés-Esteban, Eva María

Resumen: Spain has become one of the countries most affected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with the highest testing rates, and one of the worst-performing countries in the fight against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. There are no studies related to the consumption of health resources and the economic cost of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. We present a retrospective analysis of 9,811 (Primary Care and Hospital) patients which aimed to estimate public health expenditure by the consumption of health resources due to COVID-19. According to the results, the gender distribution of patients has a similar rate in both groups, with slightly higher rates in women. Similarly, age is the same in both groups, with a median of 62 years in the case of hospitalizations and 61 years in the case of primary care; using a weighted average of these rates and costs, we can estimate that the average cost of care per patient infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, regardless of the course is €2373.24. We conclude that a patient with COVID-19 without hospitalization costs €729.79, while the expenses of a hospitalized patient are between €4294.36 and €14440.68, if there is ICU admission.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.843751

Año: 2022

Publicado en: Frontiers in public health 10 (2022), 843751 [6 pp.]
ISSN: 2296-2565

Factor impacto JCR: 5.2 (2022)

Categ. JCR: PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH rank: 25 / 180 = 0.139 (2022) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH rank: 43 / 207 = 0.208 (2022) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 3.8 - Medicine (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.125 - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1)

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Psicología Social (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)
Área (Departamento): Area Medicina (Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm.)